Stakeholder Engagement Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Stakeholder Engagement
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Stakeholder Engagement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 68 93
Rank change year-on-year +47 +25 +33
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement 181 53 42
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 9.63% 2.83% 1.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.81% 3.08% 1.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 135 32 29
10th Percentile £413 £460 £473
25th Percentile £463 £511 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% - +10.64%
75th Percentile £675 £741 £700
90th Percentile £795 £800 £780
Central London median daily rate £550 £650 £563
% change year-on-year -15.38% +15.56% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £72.50
Median hourly rate - - £75.00
75th Percentile - - £77.50
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate - - £27.81

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

Stakeholder Engagement falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,674 1,722 2,193
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 89.04% 91.89% 89.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,167 1,039 1,569
10th Percentile £356 £363 £350
25th Percentile £431 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £569
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +1.05% -4.37%
75th Percentile £675 £679 £688
90th Percentile £775 £781 £800
Central London median daily rate £543 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -5.65% +2.22% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 9 15
10th Percentile £19.98 £13.45 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.66 £22.00 £19.42
Median hourly rate £31.00 £32.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% +18.18% -21.43%
75th Percentile £42.65 £43.75 £43.38
90th Percentile £49.83 £112.00 £64.35
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year -25.40% +25.85% -20.54%

Stakeholder Engagement
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Stakeholder Engagement relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Stakeholder Engagement job vacancy trend in the City of London

Stakeholder Engagement
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Stakeholder Engagement.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Stakeholder Engagement

Stakeholder Engagement
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement in the City of London over the 6 months to 31 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Stakeholder Engagement in the City of London

Stakeholder Engagement
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Stakeholder Engagement.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Stakeholder Engagement

Stakeholder Engagement
Contract Job Locations in the City of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement within the City of London region over the 6 months to 31 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London Bridge +1 1 £725 -
Stakeholder Engagement
Central London

Stakeholder Engagement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 16 (8.84%) Confluence
2 8 (4.42%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.55%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.55%) Apache
4 1 (0.55%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 12 (6.63%) Microsoft Excel
1 12 (6.63%) MS Visio
2 6 (3.31%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (2.76%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.55%) SPSS
4 1 (0.55%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (5.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.76%) Oracle Financials
3 4 (2.21%) Oracle General Ledger
3 4 (2.21%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (1.66%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (1.66%) Oracle Cash Management
4 3 (1.66%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (1.66%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (1.66%) SAP EWM
5 2 (1.10%) Loan IQ
5 2 (1.10%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (1.10%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.55%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.55%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.55%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.55%) SAP IS-U
6 1 (0.55%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.55%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.55%) SAP Retail
6 1 (0.55%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 36 (19.89%) Azure
2 18 (9.94%) Power Platform
3 17 (9.39%) AWS
4 12 (6.63%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (5.52%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (4.97%) GCP
7 5 (2.76%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (2.76%) Entra ID
7 5 (2.76%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (2.21%) ChatGPT
8 4 (2.21%) SaaS
8 4 (2.21%) Serverless
9 3 (1.66%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (1.66%) Google Analytics
9 3 (1.66%) IaaS
9 3 (1.66%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (1.10%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (1.10%) Miro
10 2 (1.10%) OCI
10 2 (1.10%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.76%) Firewall
2 4 (2.21%) Network Security
2 4 (2.21%) VPN
3 3 (1.66%) DHCP
3 3 (1.66%) DNS
4 1 (0.55%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.55%) NAS
4 1 (0.55%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (8.29%) Power BI
2 6 (3.31%) Tableau
3 5 (2.76%) Metadata
3 5 (2.76%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.66%) BigQuery
4 3 (1.66%) Data Vault
4 3 (1.66%) Oracle Database
4 3 (1.66%) Snowflake Schema
5 2 (1.10%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.10%) Looker
5 2 (1.10%) MySQL
5 2 (1.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.55%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.55%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.55%) Big Data
6 1 (0.55%) Couchbase
6 1 (0.55%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.55%) Informix
6 1 (0.55%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 30 (16.57%) JIRA
2 2 (1.10%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.10%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.55%) ERwin
3 1 (0.55%) PowerDesigner
3 1 (0.55%) SonarQube
General
1 84 (46.41%) Finance
2 80 (44.20%) Social Skills
3 37 (20.44%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (18.23%) Banking
5 14 (7.73%) Public Sector
6 11 (6.08%) Influencing Skills
7 10 (5.52%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (3.87%) Investment Banking
9 6 (3.31%) Front Office
9 6 (3.31%) Legal
9 6 (3.31%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (2.21%) Marketing
10 4 (2.21%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.21%) Retail
11 3 (1.66%) Aviation
11 3 (1.66%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.66%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.10%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.55%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 45 (24.86%) Analyst
2 31 (17.13%) Business Analyst
3 23 (12.71%) Senior
4 21 (11.60%) Architect
5 20 (11.05%) Project Manager
6 19 (10.50%) Lead
7 17 (9.39%) Consultant
8 11 (6.08%) Solutions Architect
9 9 (4.97%) Senior Analyst
10 8 (4.42%) Senior Manager
11 7 (3.87%) Senior Business Analyst
12 6 (3.31%) Data Analyst
12 6 (3.31%) Payments Analyst
12 6 (3.31%) Payments Business Analyst
12 6 (3.31%) Programme Manager
13 5 (2.76%) Banking Analyst
13 5 (2.76%) Cloud Architect
13 5 (2.76%) Senior Project Manager
13 5 (2.76%) Technical Leader
14 4 (2.21%) Insurance Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.76%) LangChain
2 4 (2.21%) LangGraph
2 4 (2.21%) SAP Fiori
3 3 (1.66%) REST
4 2 (1.10%) .NET
5 1 (0.55%) A2A Protocol
5 1 (0.55%) JSON
5 1 (0.55%) Kafka
5 1 (0.55%) Middleware
5 1 (0.55%) Model Context Protocol
5 1 (0.55%) OpenID
5 1 (0.55%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.55%) React
5 1 (0.55%) SAML
5 1 (0.55%) Spring
5 1 (0.55%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.55%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.84%) Product Ownership
2 13 (7.18%) Onboarding
3 10 (5.52%) Cloud Native
4 7 (3.87%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (3.31%) AI Agents
6 5 (2.76%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 4 (2.21%) Data Structures
7 4 (2.21%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.21%) PMI
7 4 (2.21%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.66%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.66%) Fixed Income
8 3 (1.66%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (1.10%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (1.10%) Derivative
9 2 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.10%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.10%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.31%) Windows
2 4 (2.21%) Linux
3 3 (1.66%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.55%) Android
5 1 (0.55%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.55%) Unix
5 1 (0.55%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (31.49%) Agile
2 36 (19.89%) Stakeholder Management
3 34 (18.78%) Problem-Solving
4 29 (16.02%) Continuous Improvement
5 28 (15.47%) DevOps
5 28 (15.47%) Migration
5 28 (15.47%) Project Management
6 26 (14.36%) Risk Management
6 26 (14.36%) Workshop Facilitation
7 24 (13.26%) Analytics
8 23 (12.71%) Decision-Making
9 22 (12.15%) Project Delivery
10 21 (11.60%) Change Management
11 20 (11.05%) Requirements Gathering
11 20 (11.05%) Roadmaps
12 18 (9.94%) Business Analysis
12 18 (9.94%) User Acceptance Testing
13 16 (8.84%) AI
13 16 (8.84%) Business Intelligence
14 15 (8.29%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 16 (8.84%) SQL
2 8 (4.42%) PowerShell
3 6 (3.31%) Python
4 5 (2.76%) Java
5 3 (1.66%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (1.10%) Korn
7 1 (0.55%) C#
7 1 (0.55%) C++
7 1 (0.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.55%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.55%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.55%) Objective-C
7 1 (0.55%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.55%) R
7 1 (0.55%) Swift
Qualifications
1 25 (13.81%) SC Cleared
1 25 (13.81%) Security Cleared
2 19 (10.50%) Degree
3 9 (4.97%) PMI Certification
4 8 (4.42%) PMP
5 6 (3.31%) CBAP
6 5 (2.76%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (2.21%) CISSP
8 3 (1.66%) APMG
8 3 (1.66%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.66%) CISM
8 3 (1.66%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.66%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.10%) CESG Certified Professional
9 2 (1.10%) CFA
9 2 (1.10%) CISA
9 2 (1.10%) CRISC
9 2 (1.10%) ISEB
9 2 (1.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (9.39%) QA
2 13 (7.18%) Data Quality
2 13 (7.18%) GDPR
3 11 (6.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (3.87%) NIST
5 6 (3.31%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (3.31%) GRC
6 5 (2.76%) PCI DSS
6 5 (2.76%) PMO
6 5 (2.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (2.21%) ISO 20022
7 4 (2.21%) Solvency II
8 3 (1.66%) Accessibility
8 3 (1.66%) PSD2
9 2 (1.10%) Basel III
9 2 (1.10%) COBIT
9 2 (1.10%) ISO 8583
9 2 (1.10%) ITGC
9 2 (1.10%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.55%) GAAP
System Software
1 5 (2.76%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.55%) Docker
4 1 (0.55%) NFS
Systems Management
1 7 (3.87%) Terraform
2 5 (2.76%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (2.21%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.55%) Ansible
4 1 (0.55%) EMC VPLEX
4 1 (0.55%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.55%) vMotion
Vendors
1 38 (20.99%) Microsoft
2 17 (9.39%) SAP
3 13 (7.18%) Oracle
4 9 (4.97%) ServiceNow
5 7 (3.87%) Databricks
5 7 (3.87%) Google
6 5 (2.76%) Salesforce
7 4 (2.21%) CyberArk
8 3 (1.66%) Charles River
8 3 (1.66%) Informatica
8 3 (1.66%) VMware
8 3 (1.66%) Workday
9 2 (1.10%) Ariba
9 2 (1.10%) Guidewire
9 2 (1.10%) IBM
9 2 (1.10%) Remedy
9 2 (1.10%) Talend
10 1 (0.55%) Atlassian
10 1 (0.55%) New Relic
10 1 (0.55%) Veeam